San Luis Obispo County high school softball preview

Atascadero’s Sally Bowles, bottom, hit .407 with 22 RBI and went 16-4 with a 1.64 ERA and 100 strikeouts last year.
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After opening league play 10-0 in 2014, the Atascadero High softball team lost two games in three days against Righetti and Pioneer Valley, and with it, a chance for the then-

PAC 7 title.

But with reigning Tribune County Player of the Year Sally Bowles and fellow first-team selections Kaila Herzig and Sarah Wulff back, the Greyhounds look to finish what they started last season.

Atascadero rolled through the first half of PAC 7 play and had its sights on the league title before an injury to Wulff — a standout freshman and the Greyhounds’ leadoff hitter — along with the rigors of a long season put those hopes on hold.

“When we came back from spring break, the injury to Wulff was a bump in the second half of the season and we never got going again,” coach Darin Traverso said. “We lost sight of our goals with just six games remaining.”